The US space agency NASA appears to be at the forefront of the search for Mars. NASA’s two main rovers are engaged in missions to Mars. These include the Perseverance rover and the Curiosity rover. The Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater region of Mars on February 18 last year. He has been looking for evidence of life there ever since. The Perseverance rover is also collecting all the necessary samples, which NASA and the European Space Agency are preparing to bring back to Earth in future missions. According to the report, the rover collected some startling samples before reaching Earth for several years. Data has been sent back. Persistence’s ground-penetrating radar revealed that layers of rock beneath Jezero Crater are strangely tilted, according to a study by a research team led by the University of California and the University of Oslo. These strange volumes may be caused by lava flows that have cooled over time or deposited in sediment from an underground lake.
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A paper describing these findings was recently published in the journal Science Advances. Jazzero Crater is located in Syrtis Major Planum between the northern lowlands and southern highlands on Mars. Its diameter is about 45 km. It is believed that this location was once a lake. The area was specifically chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance rover. Like the Curiosity rover, Perseverance aims to collect information about the time when water flowed on the surface of Mars. This will help scientists better understand how the planet dried up. After analyzing the data, the research team noted that layered rocks were common in the Persistence Survey area. The hard regions had layers of more reflective rock, which were bent in several directions. Currently, this all points to lava flows, which may strengthen over time. However, more evidence of this will come when the persistence samples come to Earth and scientists will analyze them.